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The Army is reviving a decades-old ad slogan, hoping it will reach a new generation of recruits
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The Army's new ad campaign revives the marketing slogan that it used during the 1980s and 1990s. The rebranding also includes a redesign of the Army's "star" logo. The Army says the box around the star has been removed "to reflect the limitless possibilit, Credit: U.S. Army
The new marketing campaign is based around the tagline, "Be All You Can Be," which was originally featured in Army ads during the 1980s and 1990s.

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KRPS, Texas Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 5
Know someone who wants to join the National Guard? In some states, you now can get a finder's fee.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Recruiters and other Virginia National Guard soldiers talk with fans at a July 2022 minor league baseball game in Fredericksburg. Any Virginia resident can collect a finder's fee up to $750 for referring somebody who becomes a National Guard recruit., Credit: Virginia Guard Public Affairs
The referral bonuses are designed to boost recruiting at the National Guard, which fell thousands of troops short of its goal last year.

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 7
Most military recruits come from families of people who served. Experts say that's not sustainable.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Military and community leaders, including Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (second from left), applaud new military recruits at a "Community Salute to Service" May 11 at Waynesville, Mo. High School., Credit: Dawn Arden / U.S. Army
The military is having a tough time finding new recruits, and one factor may be its heavy reliance on families of those who’ve served.

Bought by KTEP, Texas Public Radio, KPBS, WRFA-LP, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 6
Growing up too soon: When kids and teenagers are caregivers for disabled veteran parents
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Lara and Trey Garey stand at the bedside of Tom Garey, an Air Force veteran with advanced ALS. 19-year-old Trey has spent much of his teenage years caring for his father at their home in Cedar Park, Texas., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
More than two million American children and teenagers live with a wounded or ill veteran. Many help with the veteran's care and face challenges lik...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KPBS, KRPS, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 6
A new survey found isolation and frequent moves are harming military teens' mental health
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 17-year-old Matthew Oh, whose father is in Army intelligence, has moved eight times. He said his family's latest move to South Korea was "a very dark time.", Credit: Sarah Oh
The study of military dependents found more than 40 percent reported low mental well-being, often because of separations and a lack of connections ...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 6
What does "adult" mean in the eyes of the law? In Louisiana, many work to change the answer.
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 11 The legal system operates very differently for juveniles and for adults. Yet the age at which a person is considered an adult...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
Maritime schools teach Great Lakes skills
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Students build a tugboat at The Maritime Academy of Toledo, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The Maritime Academy of Toledo is one of 56 schools around the country that incorporate skills like boat building and seamanship into its curriculum.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
Russell Granet and Lincoln Center Education: Enriching Learning Through the Arts
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate Media interview with Russell Granet of Lincoln Center Education on the importance of the arts for children and Russell's ext...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 43:11
Bay Area schools put race on the syllabus
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Beginning next fall, all San Francisco public schools will offer a class called Ethnic Studies. It’s a look at American history and culture from th...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
One night with the SF Homeless Outreach Team
From: KALW
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When most people are on their way to sleep, San Francisco’s Homeless Outreach Team, or SF HOT, is just beginning its graveyard shift.

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 1
How one Oakland school is getting kids to class
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A board encouraging attendance greets students and parents as they walk into Garfield Elemantary School, Credit: Isabel Angell
Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:18
Social Exclusion and Bullying
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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Who are the kids who are left out, excluded? How does this play into bullying?

Bought by KVNO


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Grafton Girls Against Bullying
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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Senior girls in Grafton, ND organize to mentor younger girls.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 03:53
Cyberbullying
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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A girl and her mother talk about being bullied by internet, a school security officer talks about posing as a 14 year old online.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
Anti-Bullying Remarkable Efforts.
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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Bullying is a complex problem with many different causes. It’s defined as aggression that is habitual and that involves a power imbalance. Today th...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:08
Coaching Boys into Men
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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Coaches work to get boys out of bullying.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KVNO


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
Club de robótica inspira a latinos a estudiar ciencias
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
Caption: Dianna Valenzuela y Sergio Corral trabajan juntos en el panel de control de un robot acuático., Credit: Valeria Fernández / Radio Bilingüe
In Phoenix, Arizona, a robotics club is becoming a hotbed for Latino students, many of them low-income and some undocumented, to go on to graduate ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
DREAMer hackers code for immigration reform with FWD.us
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Sarahi Salamanca and her team are building a website that will aggregate videos to promote immigration reform, Credit: Audrey Dilling
We’re at the FWD.us “DREAMer Hackathon.” Twenty DREAMers and mentors from local tech companies, all in one big room, scrambling to write code that ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 05:09
County rehabilitation camps absorbing California's young offenders
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Tina Hayes School of Etiquette Class
California has been in an ongoing struggle trying to figure out how to deal with overcrowding in prisons. The problems extend to the Division of Ju...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 07:19
Approaching juvenile crime head on
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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When people get into trouble with the law, they normally don’t have a chance to have a conversation with their victims. To explain what happened. H...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
School Culture and Bullying
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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People working on bullying talk about how the culture of a school must change.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:03
Revisiting the inner lives of teenagers with ADHD three years later
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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In 2010, we brought you a whole show focused on ADHD and its effects. We spoke with four San Francisco teenagers living with ADHD about how they ma...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:24
"Flowcabulary" and other lessons from a special education teacher
From: KALW
Caption: Stevie Evans with her students
Special education is no stranger to California news. This past winter, a special education teacher in Oakland was accused of beating one of her stu...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
Diana Diaries, Part 3: Putting ninth graders on a path to graduation in Oakland
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Diana Diaries
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom
Diana Arbas has been retracing the ups and downs of teaching ninth graders at Oakland High School. In her first semester she was guided by a mentor...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 09:40
Diana Diaries, Part 2: A teacher's first year in Oakland
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Diana Diaries
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom
Diana, 27, is learning to lead in the classroom with the help of her Coordinating Teacher, or CT. She has felt a sense of responsibility to her stu...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:50